John Boyega’s Investigating a Conspiracy in the ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ Trailer
The retro sci-fi comedy also stars Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris and Kiefer Sutherland, and the trailer is a wild affair.
Of all the various shows and movies teased by Jamie Foxx.
They’re starring in the new movie, which tells the story of Yo-Yo (Teyonah Parris), Slick (Jamie Foxx), and Fontaine (John Boyega), three unlikely friends who are brought together by their shared discovery of a massive, secret governmental surveillance plan to monitor the lives of Black people before disappearing them and replacing them with clones.
It’s hard to tell from the trailer just what the end goal of snatching people up is, or how three conspiracy theorists are supposed to take down that sort of operation on their own. But they’re going to give it a shot.
This first look at the movie proves it’s certainly going for a 1980s vibe, and a campy one (check out Foxx and Parris duetting on a funky number in an elevator, using their guns as microphones) though with definite hints that there’s some serious social commentary lurking a few layers deeper.
Kiefer Sutherland, are all part of the cast.
(L to R) Teyonah Parris as YO-YO, Jamie Foxx (Producer) as Slick Charles, and John Boyega as Fontaine in 'They Cloned Tyrone.' Photo: Parrish Lewis/Netflix.
‘They Cloned Tyrone’ is directed by ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy' scriptwriter Juel Taylor, who makes his directorial debut and shares a writing credit on this with Tony Rettenmaier.
Boyega’s having a good year so far – between ‘Joe Cornish.
Foxx, meanwhile, has been on a run of collaborations with the streaming service – he’s been a conflicted action hero for 2020’s ‘Back in Action’.
As for Parris, she’ll be back as ‘WandaVision’s Monica Rambeau for ‘Akira Akbar).
Scheduled for release on July 28, 2023, ‘The Marvels’ will also see ‘Iman Vellani) finally meeting her superhero idol.
Netflix has yet to confirm a release date for ‘They Cloned Tyrone’.
'They Cloned Tyrone.' Photo: Parrish Lewis/Netflix @ 2022.
